When I realized I couldn't answer the questions posed about two of my own poems on the Texas state assessment tests (STAAR Test), I had a flash of panic — oh, no! Not smart enough. Such a dunce. My ...
Badly worded or poorly conceived questions on standardized tests are not uncommon (remember the question about a “talking pineapple” on a New York test in 2012?). But here’s something new: The author ...
Do you ask what the birds say? The sparrow, the dove,The linner and thrush say, “I love and I love!”In the winter they’re silent - the wind is so strong;What is says, I don’t know, but it sings a loud ...
This week, the magazine features “Determination,” by Stephen Dobyns. I had the chance to ask the author about the kindling and spark that fed this comic poem. _“Determination” begins with and loops ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results